Fine-tooth comb



Nov. 11,1924. 1,515,393

K. KENNER I I FINE TOOTH COMB Filed Nov. 12. 1920 Fla-1, H0. 2.

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WITNESSES: KATE- KENNER W 7 WWW I ATTORNEY- Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

UNITED STATE KATE KENNER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

FINE-TOOTH COMB.

Application filed November 12, 1920. Serial No. 423,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KATE KENNER, a citizen ot the United States, and a resident'of the borough of Manhattan, county, city, and

State of New York, residing at No. 42 Norfolk Street of said borough of Manhattan, county, city, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement on a Fine-Tooth Comb, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description a will enable anyone skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

This invention relates to fine tooth combs.

The object of the invention is to produce a fine tooth comb which will remove nits, vermin, and extraneous matter from the hair and scalp and at the same time not pull the hair.

It is a well known fact that women with large heads of hair have much difficulty in using an ordinary fine tooth comb, by reason of the fact that. the teeth of the comb grip the hair and cause one or more strands of hair to be broken, thus irritating and injurin the scalp.

%his invention aims to provide a comb which will more thoroughly clean the hair than the ordinary fine tooth comb, and it accomplishes this result by means of wire strands which divide the teeth into groups, wherein the individual teeth are brought closer together, leaving spaces between the groups of teeth in which spaces the strands of hair may pass through more easily, and at the same time eliminating the tendency to pull the hair.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates an embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a front view of a fine tooth comb illustrating the improvement applied thereto; and

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the same.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a comb of the ordinarv s1ze and make, wlth wire strands E wound transversely around the teeth from one side to the other at points D, both diagonally and in straight lines, and also wound around the bases of the teeth in such a manner as to grip the teeth, thereby ,forming groups of teeth B which are tightlycompressed together, this arrangement providing spaces C which allow the loose strands of hair to pass through, without any tendency to pull the hair.

By this construction, the teeth may be loosened or tightened by drawing on the threads E, as desired.

Modifications may be made in the construction within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A fine tooth comb having its teeth separated at intervals by spaces to allow the loose strands of hair to pass through, said spaces being formed by separating and retaining the teeth into groups and binding the individual teeth of each group closer together.

2. A fine tooth comb having its teeth bound by wire strands into spaced groups, said strands passed between the teeth transversely of the comb and also about the'bases of the teeth forming open spaces between the groups of teeth.

3. A fine tooth comb having its teeth bound by wire strands into spaced groups said strands passed between the teeth transversely of the comb and also about the bases of the teeth forming open spaces between the groups of teeth, said wire strands being tightened or loosened. as desired.

. her KATE KENNER. mark Witnesses:

PAULINE KAUFMAN, IsIowN PELYNERL 

